After Dark, My Sweet
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| After Dark, My Sweet | |
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| Directed by | James Foley |
| Produced by | Ric Kidney Robert Redlin |
| Written by | Jim Thompson (novel) Robert Redlin James Foley |
| Starring | Jason Patric Rocky Giordani Rachel Ward Bruce Dern |
| Music by | Maurice Jarre |
| Distributed by | Avenue Pictures Productions |
| Release date(s) | August 24, 1990 (Toronto Film Festival) |
| Running time | 114 min |
| Language | English |
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After Dark, My Sweet (1990) is a neo-noir film directed by James Foley starring Jason Patric, Bruce Dern, and Rachel Ward. It is based on the 1955 Jim Thompson novel of the same name.
Ex-boxer Kevin "Kid" Collins is a drifter and an escapee from a mental hospital. He meets Fay Anderson, a widow, who convinces him to help fix up the neglected estate her ex-husband left. Her Uncle Bud talks them both into helping kidnap a rich boy for ransom money, and the ex-fighter must make decisions about his loyalties and what is right.
[edit] Reactions
Roger Ebert in his Great films review of the movie wrote "After Dark, My Sweet is the movie that eluded audiences; it grossed less than $3 mllion, has been almost forgotten, and remains one of the purest and most uncompromising of modern film noirs. It captures above all the lonely, exhausted lives of its characters." [1] Writer David M. Meyers praised the script "The screenplay, which hews closely to Jim Thompson's heartless novel, is unusually tight, spare, and well constructed."
[edit] References
- Roger Ebert's review
- ^ David M. Meyer (1998). A Girl and a Gun: The Complete Guide to Film Noir on Video. Avon Books. ISBN 0-380-79067-X.
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